This photograph depicting men on horses going down the trail from Mt. Mitchell--the highest peak in eastern United States--was taken by Herbert W. Pelton (1879-1961). Pelton, a photographer active in Asheville, North Carolina, in the 1910s, 1920s,…
Dr. Crowder, L. W. Frierson, and Lieutenant Carmack are standing outside of Officer’s Headquarters cabin at Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp David C. Chapman. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky…
Men dress the bank along Newfound Gap Highway to control for erosion. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a founding member of the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club (est. 1924) and a charter member of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation…
This photograph was taken by R. Henry Scadin (1861-1923) who moved to Western North Carolina in 1889 and was a prolific photographer of the region--especially the people and scenery of Brevard, Tyron, Saluda, Sapphire, and Highlands. The photograph…
The full title for this Asheville Citizen article is “Delegations to Be Here Today From Various Cities to Start The Drive For National Park: Senator Mark Squires Will Preside at Today’s Meeting.” By 1925, the Appalachian National Park Association had…
This snowy landscape includes Dry Valley and foothills of the Smokies as seen from Rich Mountain (looking north-east). The picture, taken in 1928, is in the collection of the Smoky Mountains Hiking Club, an organization that formed after a group of…
A hiker is standing on one of the Duck Hawk Peaks or Hole-In-The-Rock Mountain near Alum Cave Bluffs in this 1934 photograph. The picture was made by Harvey Benjamin Broome (1902-1968), Knoxville attorney, an avid conservationist, and advocate for…
Hikers look over a rope suspended over the side of Duck Hawk Peaks showing the overhanging feature of this rugged and towering peak. The undated picture was made by Harvey Benjamin Broome (1902-1968), Knoxville attorney, an avid conservationist, and…
Duck Hawk Peaks, also known as Hole-in-the-Rock, as seen from the highway at Grass Patch. Note the hole through the top of the peak at right. Alum Cave Bluff is just beyond the peaks seen here. The photographer, Carlos C. Campbell (1892-1978), was a…
On the reverse of this image is written, "Looking southwestward through one of the holes in "Duck Hawk Peaks" (near Alum Cave Bluff), we see the Indian Gap Highway at Grassy Patch. Note the drapery of icicles. Feb. 1932 Harvey Broome; March 1934…